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The Weasel and the Meaning of It All: Annie Dillard on How to Live

Suppose we answer the most important question of existence in the affirmative. Beneath the overstory of one hundred trillion synapses, the overthinking animal keeps losing its way in the wilderness… read article

The Weasel and the Meaning of It All: Annie Dillard on How to Live

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Suppose we answer the most important question of existence in the affirmative. Beneath the overstory of one hundred trillion synapses, the overthinking animal keeps losing its way in the wilderness… read article

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